hardhat

See also: hard hat

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hardhat (plural hardhats)

1. (nonstandard, or attributive) Alternative spelling of hard hat
   • 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: COVID-19 Visors”, in RAIL, number 940, page 49:

     40,000 hardhat visors, delivered to frontline staff in just 16 days during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, without disrupting the NHS supply chain.

2. (slang) A person who wears a hard hat, such as a construction worker.